よもい

Japanese

Etymology

Seems to be cognate with the standard form 重(おも)い (omoi), via unknown Japonic substratum.

Compare Miyako いぅ゙かい゚ (/⁠ivkaɿ⁠/, Hirara) / ぅ゙ーかㇺ (/⁠vːkam⁠/, Irabu-Nakachi) / ゆぅ゙かㇽ (/⁠juvkaɭ⁠/, Irabu-Nagahama) / いぅ゙しゃーㇽ (/⁠ivʃaːɭ⁠/, Tarama) / いぶぎー (/⁠ibugiː⁠/, Tarama), Yaeyama いっさーん (/⁠issaːN⁠/, Ishigaki) / いーさん (/⁠iːsəN⁠/, Taketomi) and Yonaguni いんさん (/⁠iNsaN⁠/). Also compare Ibaraki dialect いもし (imoshi, “a weight”, Standard Japanese: 重(おも)し (omoshi)).

Adjective

よもい • (yomoi) -i (adverbial よもく (yomoku))

1. (dialect, Kantō, Chūbu) Nonstandard form of 重い (omoi, “heavy”).
2. (dialect, Sanuki) dull, slow

Related terms

• よもたい (yomotai)

Further reading

• “おぶい【重】”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN